The Better Than Cash Alliance is a partnership of governments, companies, and international organizations that accelerates the transition from cash to digital payments in order to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
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This study exams the real and perceived constraints social welfare beneficiaries and low income households face in using formal banking services. The study was done to inform the government…
The research examines the constraints to the uptake of these technologies in humanitarian programming, and has identified barriers to wider adoption of new technology that can be broadly gr…
Digital Payments and Financial Inclusion Key to Poverty Alleviation and Economic Growth, say World Leaders…
Forum Highlights Global Standards For Responsible Digital Finance…
There is growing consensus in the humanitarian community that cash (digital or physical) – as opposed to delivery of food and materials – is often the best way to help communities bounce back from crisis.
Reposted from the original Gates Foundation blog on Impatient Optimists. Until recently, achieving financial inclusion for the world’s unbanked poor was a pressing goal with perplexing obstacles.
PNG’s Ministries of Finance and Treasury endorse Better Than Cash Alliance membership
Government aims for economic growth and women’s empowerment through digital payments initiative…
Bangladesh commits to further national financial inclusion by accelerating the transition to digital payments…
This is the first in a series of articles on the achievements of several Better Than Cash Alliance members…
Government of India joins the United Nations’ Better Than Cash Alliance to share success stories from the world’s largest financial inclusion programme…
Government of Pakistan joins the United Nations’ Better Than Cash Alliance to create inclusive economic growth and a more efficient market structure…
In-depth analysis shows Bangladesh making impressive strides towards a digital economy, identifies solutions for further progress…
Payday can be an ordeal for women garment workers in Bangladesh. Often, they must wait in long lines, carry wads of cash through crowded streets, or encounter a mother-in-law demanding money…
This report is the first of its kind to document key data points on the costs and benefits of wage digitization from a factory perspective.
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This blog post was originally published in the Huffington Post
Joins UN-based Better than Cash Alliance to Promote Financial Inclusion and Greater Supply Chain Transparency and Efficiency…
Leading apparel companies have collaborated with each other on the BSR Herfinance program to improve worker well-being through payroll digitization.
New report underscores benefits of shifting from cash to digital payments in corporate supply chains.